Corsair’s new gaming hardware just blasted my face with colors and a 17-button mouse

In 1996, I took PC gaming very seriously. So much so that I scrounged a heavy-duty OmniKey 101 keyboard and a three-button mouse out of a dumpster. It wasn’t the sexiest stuff at the time, but it gave my Quake skills a hardware edge.

The mouse in particular didn’t use any sort of lens tech for movement detection, but a hard rubber ball and two mechanical shafts. The third button seemed like a bit of overkill at the time, but I took it as a sign of progress.